PITTSFIELD — The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the southbound side of I-95 near Mile Marker 152 in Pittsfield, Friday, March 21, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. This closure is necessary while crews repair pavement on the median crossover.

Southbound traffic should detour to exit 157 Newport and utilize Route 100, and Somerset Avenue to Exit 150 in Pittsfield where drivers can reenter I-95. Detour routes will be signed.

This is part of the ongoing project to replace interstate bridge decks on the bridges that carry the interstate over the Sebasticook River and Route 152. The contractor on this project is Northeast Paving of Bangor. The construction contract amount is approximately $3.7 million.